Laser printer makes photonic chip fabrication more accessible

The research team developed new way to print and reconfigure photonic chips using a rapid, low-cost device about the size of a conventional desktop laser printer (image: Haoquin Deng / UW ECE)
The method bypasses expensive nanofabrication facilities so students, researchers and industry can produce photonic integrated circuits rapidly and cheaply
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